Alternative government:
Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija

18 Oct
1999
Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija formed
to represent Serb interests in opposition to NATO
administration and Republic of Kosovo government.19 Dec
1999
Serb National Council at Mitrovica established as a rival
body.15 Feb
2012
99.74% of voters in Serb north Kosovo reject Kosovo state
institutions (referendum not recognized by Kosovo or
Serbia).

Territorial Disputes: Serbia
along with Russia and other states protest the U.S. and
110 other nations'
recognition of Kosovo's declaration of
its status as a sovereign and independent state in Feb
2008; ethnic Serbian municipalities along
Kosovo's northern border challenge final status of
Kosovo-Serbia boundary; several thousand NATO-led Kosovo
Force peacekeepers under United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo authority continue to
keep the peace within Kosovo between the ethnic Albanian
majority and the Serb minority in Kosovo; Kosovo and
Macedonia completed demarcation of their boundary in Sep
2008.